Merging Google + Brand and verified local business page

Hi @Helmut Geissler, any idea if this is still possible to do? I noticed that the link above no longer navigates to the instructions on how to do this (it forwards to a different page now). Also, the link to switch to "Switch to Classic G+" to view the "Connect a different page." button no longer exists (and neither does that option). Thanks

Merging Google + Brand and verified local business page

Hi Helmut! Looks like the process using the "connect a different page" button no longer works and the support article you linked to isn't there anymore. Is there an updated way to do this? I too have a brand page from years ago and just set up my local page. I would like to get the local listing verification transferred to my brand page (my brand page also has the custom url that I want to keep). Your insight is greatly appreciated!

Merging Google + Brand and verified local business page

So, since my new local G+ page is address verified is there any way to get that verification transfered over to my brand page?

** Most importantly is my custom url and the attached youtube channel for my brand account. I have seen some ways of moving the YT channel over to the new local account so they are linked...but what about transferring the custom url? I could deal with losing the posts and followers on my brand account and will just put up a final post telling viewers to go to the new G+ page. I just don't know how to transfer over the custom url.

Over the years I have a G+ page (automatically created when I opened a YouTube account), then I got a Google + page automatically when I opened Gmail account, now I automatically got a new "brand" G+ page when I listed with Google My Business !!

Each of them have different addresses, each of them have different content - but they should all be one - on a single page!

It's a mess really isn't it? It's been a mess for many years. Meanwhile, SEO is hard to optimise when it's such a mess ! I guess divorce is usually messy ;-)

Now the information links don't even exist!

I will try to reach Google+ on Twitter and see what happens!

You would think for a multi-billion $ company, they would have a dedicated team for this sort of thing.